LibriVox recording of The Tragic Bride, by Francis Brett Young. Read by Roger Melin.

The story centers on Gabrielle Hewish, only and lonely child of Sir Jocelyn Hewish, a loveable lush and owner of the peaceful Roscarna estate nestled in the Irish countryside. In due course, young Gabrielle falls in love with a Navy man whose untimely demise sends her into a depression, and the consequences of which alter her future, culminating in a fascinating and quite unpredictable relationship with Mrs. Payne and her troubled son Arthur. A story of understanding in it's finest sense and aptly titled, The Tragic Bride is both interesting as a story and telling as a character study. (Summary by Roger Melin)

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This audio is part of the collection: The LibriVox Free Audiobook Collection
It also belongs to collections: Audio Books & Poetry; Community Audio

Artist/Composer: Francis Brett Young
Date: 2009-06-01
Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text
Keywords: librivox; audiobook; fiction; marriage; troubled youth; Ireland

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Reviewer: benefitsingers - - August 12, 2009
Subject: Hard to explain why I gave it a 3
As always Roger Melin is an excellent narrator. The story itself is odd and quite frankly very uncomfortable to listen to sometimes. There is a small part in it that has to do with animal cruelty that was very, very upsetting. I find it hard to understand how the main character Gabrielle could ever forgive Arthur for that particular incident. The story ends rather abruptly as well leaving you with a rather unsatisfied feeling. I would say it is worth listening to but if you are sensitive like I am about animals, you might want to skip this one.